September 30 2013 Wine Newsletter

I have just returned from a week travelling to wineries in Luxembourg, Alsace and Champagne. The grape harvest has just started in Alsace and a friend proposed we should join in.......

Romance of Grape Picking
What could be more bucolic than picking grapes? A chance to get back to simpler times, admire beautiful scenery and maybe enjoy a glass or two of the previous vintage. So why did Peter F May decline this romantic opportunity?